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Show Nurnal Institute. Ai'orrfT liVra. li o f. L. i. MoucH tock up the ub-jovt ub-jovt oi'w.iiHil , ivernment principally, I'npiU nev.T tihould bo made to feur tin ir teacher, hut should always respect re-spect him, and this cannot ho dme unit's the tearhor respects himself. A great number of rules is sonm times introduced into schools, but these will have a tendency to bent til the students but little. The pupil should be made to stand on his own dignity; his yen.se of riht and wrong should Ui uppeiiigd to; the child thus nmkeit u ol his reason, aud cornets him-sell'Ironi him-sell'Ironi his own free choice. If punishment must be resorted to, the maater should allow himself time, even two or three days, in order to rt tleet on the best course to pursue. Li y so doug nothing will be done ; hastily, and there will bo no cause to regret one's actions. !hu class recitations in reading, illustrating the principles already treated upon by Trot. M. H. Hardy in his lectures un the subject, were eonductid by M idses Emma Welts and Kiltie Heywoud. In these in-struetions in-struetions to teachers they Imvy the advantage of theory an well as ol practice. Prof. W. H. Rager reimicd Ida elass-exercises on grammar, irealing nrincipally of parsing and analysis. A sentence was put on tho board, analysed and explained, the ditli-jculties ditli-jculties wiiich the sludeut would tind, and the mcanq of overcoming over-coming them illustrated. The student is required to do a much explaining himself as pos sible, tho teacher drawing out the answers from ihe pupils by puUiun questions to them not toodillu-u!t lor lueni to answer from the previous knowledge they have acquired. In consequence- ot the limited time, the lecturer would cot 'be able to treat ol each subject lully, hence many subjects sub-jects were passed over rapidly and only such parts as might be of the most importance were referred to in a brief manner. During the forenoon Mis Lena Hardy sang "Strangers Yet" and Mr. Walton recited "The Drunkard's Last GIhps." Prof. F. M. Bishop Kcturcd oi the subject of book-keepina, treating upon single entry. Tho use of the various books was explained, and the manner of writing down business transactions was illustrated by b'actc-board b'actc-board exercises. All business transactions trans-actions to tie recorded, should be of a most practical nature and always taken from nllairs with which the student is familiar. - "Only Friends and Nothing More" was beautifully sung by Miss Annie McKay. j The method of teaching spelling w advocated by Prof. M. H. Hardy is by dictation and writing. Oral ep-Al-. iiiij, however, must not be done away with, but used in connection with the ' dictation exerci6CE; thus lbs spelling of the word becomes impressed upon the mind, not merely through thu ear, but a;so through tha eye aud hand. In the lower clsss, word printing may be employed to make the student familiar with tho spelling of words. Composition wrhing may be introduced intro-duced very early, only such' subjects, however,-, should be given ivi are perfectly familiar to the child. At times the origin of words mav be explained, and also words derived Iroui the same root given. Being acquainted with words trom the same root, the pupils will be enabled to make comparisons and to know for a certainty wnetner he is right or wrung. To make the subject more intcsting, it may be taught (rum the reading lessons by giving the new and ditlicult words as a spelling lesson. les-son. Iu the rendition of the "Duke of Gloucester's Soliloquy, ".by Mr. O. F. Whitney, the impersonation of the duke's character was perfectly true to nature. In music, Prafessor George Careless continued his class exercises and spoke principally ot the rests and scales. We will not attempt to make any remarks upon the instructions and exercises given, as it would-be impossible to do so and at the same time do justice to the subject. ' ' ' PROGRAMME OF EXERCISES FOB 'AUGUST 'AUG-UST 17th, 9 to 10 a.m. Theory and Prac'ice of Teaching by Professor L. F. Mnnch. 10 to 11 a.m. Mural Lessons by Professor T. B. Lewis. 11 to 12 a.m. Euglish Grammar by Professor W. H. Rager. 1 to 2 p.m. Bookkeeping by Pro-ess Pro-ess irF. M. Bishop. 2 to 3.. p:"m. bpelhng bv Professor; M.H.Hardy. r 3 to 4 p.m. Miscellaneous business. |